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Cloth worn by the Báb when circumambulating the Ka’ba. Archival photo. 89ACT3
The Sharíf of Mecca fails to cross the Bridge
No sooner had the Bab performed the last of the observances in connection with His pilgrimage to Mecca than he addressed an epistle to the Sharíf of that holy city. In it, He laid out, in clear and unmistakable terms, the distinguishing features of His mission, and called upon the Sharíf to arise and embrace His Cause. This epistle, together with selections from His other writings, He delivered to Quddús, and instructed him to present them to the Sharíf. The Sharíf, however, was too absorbed in his own material pursuits and failed to respond to the call of the Divine Message.
[The Báb addresses the Sharíf and his lack of recognition of the Báb in another tablet, extracts of which are translated in Selections from the Writings of the Báb, Tablets and Addresses: p29-30.]
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